Coin purse



Jan. 2, 1940. N. H. swANsoN COIN PURSE Filed April 25. 1938 f EA Y f u H m N dun Patented Jan. 2, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE The present invention relates to coin purses and more particularly to a "zipper type of casing having bill, coin, and card pockets provided therein, with one of the pockets provided with an extension to which the lower bevelled end of a coin holder, of a molded plastic product, is secured and formed with suitable coin slots and with inclined top faces to expose coin rest surfaces and guides to facilitate convenient insertion of coins and the easy extraction of the same past suitable detent members provided in the coin slots.

It is an object of this invention to provide a "zipper" type of coin case provided with a coin holder constructed of a molded plastic, such as a cellulose acetate product. v r I It is also an object of this invention to provide a coin case constructed of leather or other suitable material forming a front and a back adapted to have the major portions of the margins thereof connected by means of a zipper mechanism to enclose a hingedly supported coin holder preferably constructed out of a molded plastic formed with coin slots of different sizes, with the inner ends of the coin slots suitably inclined or bevelled and with the outer ends of the coin slot partitions suitably inclined to expose the outer end portions of the partition rear flanges to facilitate the insertion of coins into the slots, said inclined outer ends of the partitions serving as guides for the thumb of a persons hand when coins are either inserted or withdrawn from the coin holder.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a zipper type coin case wherein a slotted coin holder is preferably constructed of a cellulose acetate product, the inherent properties of which lend themselves admirably to the formation of suitable coin slots including stop means for retaining the coins inthe respective slots and at the same time permitting coins to be moved past the same by manual force when coins are either inserted or removed.

It is an important object of this invention to provide an improved type of coin case of a middle hinge type provided with a marginal zipper closure mechanism for enclosing a slotted coin holdpartitions separating the coin slots to be suitably bevelled or inclined for the convenient inserting of coins and the removal of coins from the slots which are open both at the front and the back of the coinholder to serve as finger guides for the movement of coins past detents or retaining clips provided near the outer ends of the coin slots to obviate the accidental sliding of coins out of the slots, but permitting the movement of coins past the same when the coins are manually moved.

Other and further important objects of this invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the specification and the accompanying draw- The invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the drawing and hereinafter more fully described.

n the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the'coin case in complete open position and showing the coin holder lying fiat against one of theinner pockets forming part of the coin case.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary detailed section taken on line 11-11 of Figure 1, and showing a 'coin in position in the lower end of the coin slot.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary top end view of the coin holder.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary detail section taken on line IV--IV of Figure 2 through one of the coin holder partitions and illustrating one form of a coin stop.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary detail transverse section taken through a coin holder partition and illustrating a modified form of spring clip coin stop.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary section through the hinge portion of a different form of coin purse illustrating a modified form of hinge mounting for the coin holder, with the purse open to permit the cover sectlonsto serve as receivers for coins removed from the holder or accidentally dropped during removal.

As shown on the drawing:

The improved coin purse embodies a combinati on casing and coin holder. The casing is adapted to be constructed out of leather or other suitable material formed to provide a pair of covers or a back and a front section bothof identical form and integrally connected by means of a middle transverse hinge portion I. Each of the cover sections is constructed of two layers of material consisting of an outer layer or leather 2 or other suitable material and 'a soft leather lining 3. The body of thecoin casing at the end of the hinge section I is recessed or notched as at 4.

For the purpose of closing the coin case the 66 slide 1 provided with an actuating tab 8.

When it is desired to close the purse case, the

two cover sections are swung towards one another on the hinge connection I and the zipper tab 8 is then engaged to pull the latch 'I over the zipper strips 6 of the two cover sections to completely close and lock the coin purse.

Secured in one of the cover sections is a key, coin, and bill pocket 9. Secured on the inner-face of the other cover section is a second bill and card pocket to. Both the pockets 9 and id have the pocket openings directed outwardly or away from the hinge portion 1, so that the pockets are readily accessible when the coin purse is open without any interference by the coin holder hereinafter described.

integrally formed on the bottom longitudinal margin of the pocket in is an extension forming a hinge flap or strip ii.

nominations, such as pennies, nickels,

A denominational coin holder is mounted within the purse between the cover sections and is attached to the hinge member H to permit the coin holder to be hingedly swung back and forth between the coin purse cover sections when the purse is open so that access may be had to either one or both of the pockets ,8 and ID.

The purse is provided with an improved type of coin holder which is in the form of a block or board member which may be formed out of various kinds of material but preferably is constructed of a molded plastic such as a cellulose acetate product known as Tenite, or the board may be constructed of a phenolic condensation product. The coin holder is shaped to be enclosed between the cover sections of the purse, and consists of a block or board it having a bevelled or inclined bottom surface it and a bevelled orinclined top surface M. In the form of the purse illustrated in Figure 2, the lower inclined face 13 of the coin holder is placed in contact with the top surface of thehinge strip H and is rigidly secured thereto by means of rivets or other suitable fastening means. In the form of the coin purse illustrated in Figure 6, the lower inclined surface it? of the coin holder 12 is fastened tothe top'face of the hinge strip l I providing an arrangement affording a greater leeway oi movement of the hinged coin holder.

-With the coin holder hingedly supported in the purse between the cover sections, it will be noted that when the coin purse is open that the cover sections act as receivers or pockets for receiving coins withdrawn from the holder or coins which are accidentally drop d while being removed from the holder.

The holder 12 is molded or shaped fprovide a plurality of adjacently positioned coin'pockets of different sizes for receiving coins of different des, and quarters. As clearly illustrated in Figures 1 and 3, the coin pockets, which are represented as a whole by the reference numeral 1 6, are separated from one another by slightly flexible uprights or partitions ll vformed with coin guide grooves 18 which extend upwardly from inclined bottoms l9 in the coin pockets upwardly to the top inclined face it at the .top of the coin holder. The inclined ends of the partitions expose parts of the inner faces of the partition back flanges so that the coin pockets. As noted in Figure 1, the two outermost uprights or partitions ll have coin guide grooves l8 on the inner sides thereof only, the outer sides being plain and forming the ends of the coin holder. Each of the coin pockets I6 is provided on the front side of the holder with a thumb slot 20, which extends upwardlyfrom substantially the lower end of the inclined bottom 19 of the coin pocket to the upper end of the coin holder. Each of the coin pockets is also provided with a finger slot M which, in the form illustrated in Figure 1, extends downwardly from the top rear edge of the coin holder to ashort distance below the top inclined surface it of the coin holder. While the finger slots 2| are illustrated and described as being shallow or short, they may, of course, be elongated to extend from the top of the coin holder to the upper edges of the inclined bottoms IQ of the coin pockets.

Integrally formed in one of the grooves i8 of each of the coin pockets near the outer or upper ends of the pockets is a coin stop or detent 22, as clearly illustrated in Figures 2 and 4, to serve as an obstruction for coins 23 when the coins are tests the stop or detent 22, in which position the coin may be gripped between the thumb and a finger and then readily pulled past the stop or detent by expanding the mouth end of the coin pocket which is permitted by the resilient or flexible features inherent in the coin pocket partitions ll.

Figure 5 illustrates a fragmentary portion of a modified form of coin holder which is substantially the same as that hereinbefore described,

with the exception that the partitions indicated by the reference numeral 24 are provided with a notch or opening 25 near the upper end thereof into which a double spring stop or detent 28 is inserted. The double stop or detent 26 is of U- shaped construction, both arms of which are propocket 9 may be sewed transversely as at 21 to provide a plurality of smaller pockets of a size lit to receive large coins such as dollars andhalf dollars. If desired, the large coin pockets may be used for, carrying fiat keys, clothes checks, or the like.

4 It will, of course, be understood that numero details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention. and it is therefore not the purpose to limit the patent granted hereon otherwise thannecessitated by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A coin purse comprising a casing, means for holding the casing closed, a flexible hinge flap secured in the casing, and a denominational coin hit tit

bolder secured to the hinge flap, said holder-having inclined bottoms and tops, and also being provided with a plurality of adjacen'tly positioned coin slots of different sizes for coins of different denomination and with coin guide grooves formed with detents near the outer ends thereof for retaining coins within the coin holder, said inclined bottoms positioning the coins in inclined overlapping relationship and said inclined tops providing coin rests in the holder to facilitate the insertion of coins therein.

2. A coin purse comprising hingedly connected cover sections, means for holding the purse closed, a combination pocket and hinge member in the purse, and a coin holder secured to the hinge member to permit the coin holder to swing into diflerent positions with respect to the cover sections, said coin holder comprising a board having inclined top and bottom surfaces with the inclined bottom surface secured to the hinge member, said board also having a plurality of coin receiving pockets of different sizes for coins of different denominations, said pockets being formed with inclined bottoms and with side coin guide grooves having coin stops therein adapted to be flexed by the coins in'the insertion of coins into the coin pockets and when. coins are removed therefrom.

tion of coins, and coin rests for the insertion of coins, said pockets each having coin guide grooves therein, coin stops in the grooves adjacent the outer ends of the coin pocltets to cause expanding oi the outer ends of the pockets when the coins are inserted or removed, each of said coin pockets i'oed with an inclined bottom and with a front tiib slot extending from the lower end of the inclined bottom to the top of the coin holder and wi a eballowback .nnger slot permitting the coin engaged by the thumb through the thumb slot to be moved outwardly in a coin pocket into contact with coin stops and adjacent the finger slots to permit the coin to be clamped between the thumb and a finger to be pulled past the coin stops and out of the holder.

4. A coin purse comprising a pair of cover sectionshaving a hinge connection therebetween, a pocket secured on the inner side of one of the cover sections, a hinge extension integrally formed on the bottom of the pocket, a coin holder having an inclined bottom secured to the hinge extension to permit pivotal swinging of the coin holder with respect to said cover sections, said coin holder having a plurality of coin pockets of different sizes provided therein having inclined bottoms and separated by resilient grooved partitions for receiving therebetween small coins of different denominations and sizes, and stop members in the grooved partitions for governing the insertion and removal of coins from the coin holder.

5. A purse comprising a pair of cover sections connected together by a hinge section disposed between them, a member secured to one of said cover sections to define a pocket therewith having a closed end adjacent the hinge section and said member extending beyond said'closed end to deflne a hinge member, a coin holder comprising a substantially rigid member having an inclined lower portion attached to said hinge'member for swinging movement between said cover sections.

6. A coin purse comprising a cover section, a combination pocket and hinge member in the purse, and a coin holder secured to the hinge member to permit the coin holder to swing into difi'erent positions with respect to the cover section, said coin holder comprising a coin receiving member having an inclined bottom surface secured to the hinge member, said coin receiving member also having a plurality of coin receiving 

